Sometimes the Universe works in pretty mysterious ways. Without boring you with the details, let's just say that writing and blogging (or sleeping or exercising or cleaning or anything) haven't been coming particularly easily for me for the last several weeks. Today, in particular, I've been struggling with a few things I want to get out the door but that I just can't seem to tie up.
Then, I came across the first single from MAUCH. LKFFCT / NGHTCRWLRS drummer (and one of the hardest-working people in NJ music), Max Rauch, got himself a couple of vowels and recorded "Shades of Blue" with Subtitles' Ben Petty. The song is our first taste from MAUCH's upcoming EP for Sniffling Indie Kids, Feed Your Head.
So here I am, wallowing a bit in my inability to get anything done; and I click on a Bandcamp link only to be presented with a song dealing with "the hereditary cycle of clinical depression and mental illness." Mind blown.
Anyway, "Shades of Blue" comes at its serious subject matter from a jangly and poppy perspective, even employing some whistling right at the beginning. It reminds me a little bit of those Mitch Easter-produced R.E.M. sounds from back in the day.
Check out MAUCH's "Shades of Blue," which is available as a Name Your Price download over at MAUCH's Bandcamp page, and stay tuned for news on the band's EP.
Also, consider this your TMI post of the week.
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